How to speak Australian on your next trip down under

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@Daisy999 yes definitely Freo :laughing: We don’t like to waste time and effort saying complete words :joy:

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In the UK we sometimes say “chrimbo” for Christmas. And, of course in East London we have Cockney rhyming slang…

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Agreed @ziggy there’s no point in wasting effort saying full names, we have many short cuts for Aussie place names:

Brissie (Brisbane)
The Goldie (Gold Coast)
Sunny Coast (Sunshine Coast)
Bundy (Bundaberg & the rum!)
Rocky (Rockhampton)
Barky (Barcaldine)
Gundy (Goondiwindi)
CQ (Central Queensland)
FNQ (Far North Queensland)

And that’s just a handful of Queensland names! Have to stop now as I’m worn out! :rofl:

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Is ‘Maggie’ Margaret River by any chance? :joy:

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@Smiley, not sure aabout that but in Queensland “Maggie” is Magnetic Island, near Townsville FNQ

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@Smiley @Crookie or maggie can be short for a Magpie also :grin:

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Wow! It seems Aussie is a bit like colloquial French, they use all these shortenings and, out of context, they could refer to lots of different things.

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@ziggy I’m feeding some of them at the moment!!

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Margaret river=margs
Geraldton=Gero
Kalgoorlie-Kal

Ahh Western Aus…:heart::heart:

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We do it in Cantonese, too.

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Oh yes of course, Margs.
Yes, I loved what I saw of WA, must return

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Margs, is Margaret River @Smiley :cowboy_hat_face:
Edit, scroll on, it was already mention :rofl:

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Bogans are the rednecks of Australia

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